CO129-498-2 Canton boycott- opening of negotiations with the Canton Government 2-11-1925 - 23-12-1925 — Page 17

COPY.

CONFIDENTIAL.

No.66.

Sir,

Enclosure No. 2

Government House,

Hongkong.

12th November,1925.

81

I have the honour to acknowledge the

receipt of your memo. dated 4th November, forwarding

a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Foreign

Affairs at Canton, dated 2nd idem, requesting me

to give orders for an investigation into the

organisations established at Hongkong by Ch'an

Ch'iung-ming and Wei Pang-p'ing for fomenting

disorder and for their immediate suppression and f

further requesting that Ch'en and Wei be expelled from Hongkong territory with a view to the preser-

vation of peace in Kuang-tung and Hongkong and the

maintenance of friendly relations between China

and Britain.

2.

I have the honour to request that

you will inform the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs

at Canton in reply that it is my earnest desire that

friendly relations should be maintained between

China and Britain and especially between Canton

and Hongkong and further that, in the interest of

both Canton and Hongkong I am most anxious that peace should be restored and preserved in Kuang-tung. The Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, must, however be aware that conditions in Hongkong are peaceful

and that the abnormal and unhappy situation with

respect to trade relations between Hongkong and

Canton

HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CON SUL-CENERAL

CANTON